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# Fracture

Fractures should be agnostic as to whether they are pathologic or not, unless specified in the FSN or could only be caused by trauma (e.g. open fractures). Although most fractures are traumatic, there are some pathological fractures. Based on its FSN and text definition, if the word *pathological* is present, use Pathologic fracture (morphologic abnormality).

#### Example: Modeling Traumatic vs. Pathological Fractures

| Concept                                                           | Finding site                      | Associated morphology                         |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| 21351003 \|Fracture of phalanx of foot (disorder)\|               | Bone structure of phalanx of foot | Fracture (morphologic abnormality)            |
| 704168008 \|Pathological fracture of phalanx of foot (disorder)\| | Bone structure of phalanx of foot | Pathologic fracture (morphologic abnormality) |

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